Compendium Mineralis
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Systematic mineralogy is not just an obsession, it's a way of life. A gneiss guy with a head full of rocks that should not be taken for granite.
Very aesthetic twinning captured by microphotographer Douglas Merson.
Gmelinite-Na Na₄(Si₈Al₄)O₂₄·11H₂O
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 3.96 mm
#1507
NFS
#minerals
Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada
FOV = 3.96 mm
#1507
NFS
#minerals
January 24, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Very aesthetic twinning captured by microphotographer Douglas Merson.
Outside my area of expertise, but this article feels important. It describes new fossils filling in the early history of the mollusks. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca - Nature
Fossils of two new worm-like aculiferan species add to the diversity of this group, showing that evolution in early aculiferans generated unusual forms comparable to other crown-group molluscs.
www.nature.com
January 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Outside my area of expertise, but this article feels important. It describes new fossils filling in the early history of the mollusks. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Happy holidays to everyone 🦋. Pentagonite (Xmas tree habit), Wagholi quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India. #MineralMonday #RocksInTrees
December 23, 2024 at 6:32 PM
Happy holidays to everyone 🦋. Pentagonite (Xmas tree habit), Wagholi quarry, Pune, Maharashtra, India. #MineralMonday #RocksInTrees
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#MineralMonday. Hutchinsonite is an unusual thallium mineral (well, all thallium minerals are unusual), thallium-lead-arsenic sulfide. But it makes pretty red crystals (wash your hands). ⚒️ More #geology richardigibson.substack.com/p/hutchinson...
Hutchinsonite
Yes, I washed my hands
richardigibson.substack.com
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
#MineralMonday. Hutchinsonite is an unusual thallium mineral (well, all thallium minerals are unusual), thallium-lead-arsenic sulfide. But it makes pretty red crystals (wash your hands). ⚒️ More #geology richardigibson.substack.com/p/hutchinson...
Literally crystallizing from thin air! Sulphur crystals forming at a volcanic vent, Sulphur Banks trail, Volcano National Park, Hawaii, United States. #MineralMonday #Geology
December 2, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Literally crystallizing from thin air! Sulphur crystals forming at a volcanic vent, Sulphur Banks trail, Volcano National Park, Hawaii, United States. #MineralMonday #Geology
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Gender in mineral names - 54% of minerals are named for people but only 6.1% of those are named for women. Mike Rumsey NHM minerals and colleagues look in depth
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
👇🏾 Marialite, one of the first two minerals named after women - in this case Maria vom Rath in 1866
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
👇🏾 Marialite, one of the first two minerals named after women - in this case Maria vom Rath in 1866
November 27, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Gender in mineral names - 54% of minerals are named for people but only 6.1% of those are named for women. Mike Rumsey NHM minerals and colleagues look in depth
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
👇🏾 Marialite, one of the first two minerals named after women - in this case Maria vom Rath in 1866
doi.org/10.2138/am-2...
👇🏾 Marialite, one of the first two minerals named after women - in this case Maria vom Rath in 1866
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Amazing fossil alert.
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
November 26, 2024 at 12:12 PM
Amazing fossil alert.
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…
🧪 #evolution #paleontology
Smooth flowing lava over only slightly older pahoehoe. Notice that both are still glowing. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption, north of Chain of Craters Road, Volcano National Park, Hawaii, United States. (1/3)
November 26, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Smooth flowing lava over only slightly older pahoehoe. Notice that both are still glowing. Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption, north of Chain of Craters Road, Volcano National Park, Hawaii, United States. (1/3)
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The Naples #tsunami struck the Tyrrhenian Sea on Nov 25, 1343. Triggered by an #earthquake - or a potential #landslide at Stromboli volcano - it caused significant damage and loss of lives in Naples. The tsunami destroyed ships in Naples and the coast and city of Amalfi. 🧪⚒️
eos.org/articles/anc...
eos.org/articles/anc...
Ancient Tsunami Tied to Volcanic Flank Collapse in Italy - Eos
Stromboli’s volcanic cone may have suffered multiple flank collapses between the 14th and 16th centuries, triggering tsunamis that led to the abandonment of the island.
eos.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:23 PM
The Naples #tsunami struck the Tyrrhenian Sea on Nov 25, 1343. Triggered by an #earthquake - or a potential #landslide at Stromboli volcano - it caused significant damage and loss of lives in Naples. The tsunami destroyed ships in Naples and the coast and city of Amalfi. 🧪⚒️
eos.org/articles/anc...
eos.org/articles/anc...
Petroglyphs carved into ‘Desert Varnish’, Valley of Fire State Park, Clark County, Nevada, United States. (1/3)
November 25, 2024 at 3:17 PM
Petroglyphs carved into ‘Desert Varnish’, Valley of Fire State Park, Clark County, Nevada, United States. (1/3)
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1.85 billion years ago, a massive meteorite struck near what is now Sudbury, Ontario. The resulting tsunami sent this stromatolite over 600 km across the ocean and deposited it near what is now Thunder Bay. So, that was a bad day for those microbes.
#FossilFriday ⚒️
#FossilFriday ⚒️
November 22, 2024 at 3:56 PM
1.85 billion years ago, a massive meteorite struck near what is now Sudbury, Ontario. The resulting tsunami sent this stromatolite over 600 km across the ocean and deposited it near what is now Thunder Bay. So, that was a bad day for those microbes.
#FossilFriday ⚒️
#FossilFriday ⚒️
Classic example of cross-bedding from Zion-Mount Carmel highway, Zion National Park, Utah, United States. In essence, these are fossil sand dunes. #geology
November 21, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Classic example of cross-bedding from Zion-Mount Carmel highway, Zion National Park, Utah, United States. In essence, these are fossil sand dunes. #geology
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LEGO minerals are on the way! Congratulations Dario.
November 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM
LEGO minerals are on the way! Congratulations Dario.
Increased mining of uranium ores from the Athabasca basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. Rich ores formed at the base of Paleohelikian (ca. 1450 Ma) era sandstones from saline fluids 1350 Ma ago. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Why Canada could become the next nuclear energy 'superpower' - BBC News
With its rich resources, uranium mining companies want Canada to play a key role in fuelling nuclear reactors worldwide.
www.bbc.com
November 16, 2024 at 11:50 AM
Increased mining of uranium ores from the Athabasca basin in Saskatchewan, Canada. Rich ores formed at the base of Paleohelikian (ca. 1450 Ma) era sandstones from saline fluids 1350 Ma ago. www.bbc.com/news/article...